BRIDOL is the British Sundial Society's Register of Fixed and Mass Dials, which gives detail and photographs of about 8000 fixed sundials and 3000 mass dials in the UK.
Some of these are in private gardens, but the majority are publicly available.
This slate dial on the porch started life in 1707 at Cheriton and was moved here when the church was rebuilt in 1738. It is rather worn though most of the features are still distinguishable, including the sun face at the root of the gnomon, the ornamental symbol at noon, and the date. Hours VI to VI are divided into halves and quarters. There are blank spaces at the corners and below the sun face where we might expect to see more engraving. Perhaps the maker of this quite plain dial didn’t feel that winged heads or a figure of father Time were in his repertoire.
